Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 19, 2020

who communicate with patients via Apple FaceTime, Facebook Messenger video chat, Google Hangouts video or Skype, but now they will temporarily suspend that process. category tags: mHealth-Telehealth-Voice Health , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , healthcare. Did you know that they penalized providers (really?) and here’s home care.

HIPAA 145

HIPAA Telehealth mHealth Medicare 145

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 15, 2018

Despite media exposure, Facebook is opaque. Facebook suspended 200 apps today that may have collected boatloads of user data. Oh, well, Facebook won’t say. The inability to leave (or de-activate) Facebook following the so-called scandal has been as much about what others do -- or don’t. What apps?

mHealth 67

mHealth Digital Health Interoperability Telehealth 67

Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The top smartphone apps in 2020 cross platforms – those used by more than 50% of smartphone users include YouTube, Facebook, Google Search, Google Maps, Gmail, Facebook Messenger and Google Play. category tags: wearables, smart watch , smartphones, cell phones , hearables/hearing technology , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants.

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Digital Health Global

JULY 11, 2023

To get breaking news, follow the company on Twitter @charmhealth and Facebook at www.facebook.com/charmhealth. For more information on CharmHealth, visit www.charmhealth.com. All brand names and solution names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

mHealth 88

mHealth healthcare technology Digital Health EHR 88

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 9, 2018

Facebook – personal data exposure has been crushing us. In the first quarter, Facebook disabled 583 million accounts in Q1 of 2018 (versus Twitter’s 70 million). those numbers with Pew’s 68% of US adults on Facebook , unchanged from 2016. A Facebook ‘bug’ changed the privacy setting of 14 million users.

Telehealth 69

Telehealth 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The Wall Street Journal notes that free content has produced the low quality mishmash of (useless, maybe harmful) content that users must wade through to find value – noting $20 billion annual cost of spam, for example, or the deletion of fake account underway at Facebook (583 million of 2.2

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Lots of negative tech energy in 2018, including healthcare data breaches , Facebook’s loss of trust , ditto with Google and its much discussed anti-competitive positioning in search. The visibility of Facebook management issues and Google competitive quagmire may actually be good for consumers. million are using Facebook.

mHealth 77

mHealth Digital Health Telehealth 77

Aging in Place Technology Watch

APRIL 12, 2018

The congressional hearing droned on, and Mark Zuckerberg tried so hard not to sound condescending towards his techno-light questioners about the so-called ‘Facebook Scandal.’ Not the Cambridge Analytica role, which didn’t exactly sneak around in the long-time and paid analysis of Facebook data. In a word – lobbying. The real scandal?

Digital Health 67

Digital Health Health Data 67

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 24, 2023

Consumers already gravitate towards cloud software applications that work with ones they already use, including Gmail, Facebook, FaceTime, Teams, Zoom, Siri, and Google Assistant – with most of these working across multiple devices. Even today, patients struggle to get their own records in a transferrable form upon discharge.

Interoperability 69

Interoperability Mobile Health EHR 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2022

Meta (how tiresome, we know it is Facebook) has been sending patient data from hospital systems back to Facebook (appointments, doctor, and a host of other patient-specific data) through the use of a tracking pixel. category tags: Home Care , Mobile PERS , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants , AI , social media.

Connected Care 69

Connected Care Remote care 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MAY 9, 2018

It did make one wonder how long Facebook has known which of its “2 billion users” are the 87 million fake profiles – and are those counted in the data used by advertisers? Mark Zuckerberg tried so hard not to sound condescending towards his techno-light questioners about the so-called ‘Facebook Scandal.’ In a word – lobbying.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 30, 2019

While Internet and social media technology use has plateaued over all age ranges, Facebook still has captured only 41% of the 65+. category tags: Voice First/AI technology , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , Seniors. In 2018, technology utilization grew – so did frustrations.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 10, 2019

Google’s IPO was in 2004 and Facebook (coincidentally) emerged that year. category tags: IoT and home monitoring , PERS , social media , cell phones, smartphones. Sadly, it appears that only Link·age surveys tech ownership of the oldest, but that only encompasses their own constituency.

Telehealth 108

Telehealth 108

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 17, 2019

A new marketing ploy for flip phones – avoid notification overload – seems aimed at the inundated Facebook, Twitter recipients – and suggests having a flip phone in addition to a smartphone. category tags: smartphones , computers, internet and social networking. AT&T also has six ( at the bottom of the phone selections ).

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Iris Telehealth

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Purchase targeted Facebook ads. As a more specific strategy, targeted ads on Facebook, for example, enable your clinic to hone in on particular attributes or demographics, such as age range or location, of individuals who may benefit from your services. Use text messaging-based marketing.

Mental health 52

Mental health EMR Telehealth Public Health 52

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2020

Then add smart speakers, EHR access, remote consultation, neighborhood technology, Facebook ("46% of the 65+ have ever logged on to the platform") and Twitter usage. category tags: Technology - AARP , Boomer-Senior Tech Business , aging in place , Aging.

EHR 109

EHR Medicare 109

Aging in Place Technology Watch

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Ironically, social networking technology has more recently been shown to make people feel even lonelier , so loneliness among the elderly won’t be mitigated by more time spent on Facebook. category tags: social isolation , social media , PERS.

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Medicare Nursing 96

Society for Participatory Medicine

JANUARY 7, 2019

On Facebook last Friday our member Carla Berg Nelson posted briefly about a new Psychology Today blog post, Data: the New Window into Humanity , by John Nosta. She tagged a number of other members (and non). Today, outgoing SPM board members Peter Elias and I were among those tagged.

Digital Health 61

Digital Health 61

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 5, 2018

The congressional hearing droned on, and Mark Zuckerberg tried so hard not to sound condescending towards his techno-light questioners about the so-called ‘Facebook Scandal.’ Not the Cambridge Analytica role, which didn’t exactly sneak around in the long-time and paid analysis of Facebook data. In a word – lobbying. What’s next?

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

OCTOBER 2, 2019

The iPhone had just been released in June of 2007, so this survey did not ask about smartphone use – there was no Digital Health (a " check engine light for your body! "); the Longevity Economy hadn’t been invented; Fitbit was a 2007 new clip-on tracker , and Facebook was still a campus toy. Oh yes, and does it save money?

Telehealth 84

Telehealth Telemedicine Digital Health Health Information 84

Digital Health Global

AUGUST 11, 2023

To get breaking news, follow the company @charmhealth and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/charmhealth. With a focus on interoperability, patient engagement, and streamlined workflows, CharmHealth offers a comprehensive suite of solutions designed to meet the evolving needs of modern healthcare. All rights reserved.

mHealth 68

mHealth EMR healthcare technology Telemedicine 68

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 11, 2018

Join CogniZance today and start training your brain on a daily basis using our new integration with Facebook Messenger.” category tags: Family caregivers , IoT and home monitoring. Learn more at CogniZance. Papa uses technology to simplify and speed up the process of finding qualified assistance for your loved one at a moment’s notice.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

AUGUST 30, 2018

Giving out our name and birth date on Facebook leads straight to our address, which leads to enough information to get the rest. category tags: vehicle/transportation technology-services , fraud protection.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JULY 1, 2020

As for social media , things really got going with AOL Instant Messenger in 1993 -- then all was pretty quiet until 2003-4, when LinkedIn, MySpace, Skype, and Facebook all arrived. category tags: Telehealth-RPM-Voice Health , Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF) , computers, internet and social networking , smartphones, cell phones.

Health Technology 75

Health Technology Nursing Telehealth Remote care 75

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 6, 2022

Consumers already gravitate towards software applications that mostly work with ones they already use, including Gmail, Facebook, FaceTime, Zoom, Siri, and Google Assistant – most working across multiple devices. category tags: CES 2022 , smartphones , Voice First/AI/Voice Assistants. Upgrades must be invisible or painless.

Interoperability 69

Interoperability Mobile Health 69

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 1, 2019

Lots of negative tech energy in 2018, including healthcare data breaches , Facebook’s loss of trust , ditto with Google and its much discussed anti-competitive positioning in search. The visibility of Facebook management issues and Google competitive quagmire may actually be good for consumers.

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Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health

MARCH 7, 2014

The hash tag for the event is #sxswhealth, or you can follow updates on Twitter from @kpshare and @kpdigitalhealth. Our Facebook page will also post highlights from Austin. The pair will be highlighting digital trends such as wearable devices, mobile health and biometrics — as well as what’s on the health horizon.

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Mobile Health Health IT 32

Aging in Place Technology Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The iPhone had just been released in June of 2007, so this survey did not ask about smartphone use – there was no Digital Health (a " check engine light for your body! "); the Longevity Economy hadn’t been invented; Fitbit was a 2007 new clip-on tracker , and Facebook was still a campus toy. Read more. . .

Connected Health 60

Connected Health Digital Health 60

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 21, 2018

Think Facebook, after all. category tags: vehicle/transportation technology-services , seniors and aging policy , Aging. Who really thinks big about the impact of automation on a workforce or online purchasing on a retail economy ? Of course we all love tech-enabled progress.

Public Health 48

Public Health 48

Digital Health Global

MARCH 12, 2024

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EHR 88

EHR healthcare technology Digital Health Interoperability 88

Lloyd Price

JUNE 25, 2018

Health and care teams are using non-compliant messaging technologies, such as WhatsApp and Facebook Groups, to share confidential health and care information on a daily basis, despite clear guidance from NHS Digital and other professional bodies that only compliant technologies must be used.

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Digital Health Nursing Primary Care HIPAA 91

Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2019

Facebook is the company we increasingly love to hate – but boomers still ‘like’ it. So much negative press , well deserved, about Facebook lately, including the lawsuit about knowingly duping children playing games. million are using Facebook. category tags: social media , computers, internet and social networking.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JUNE 20, 2023

category tags: Conversational and generative AI , AI and machine learning , AgeTech Consider this past week’s news about Instagram and its vast network of child sex pedophile providers. Consider that Meta, Instagram’s parent, quickly created a task force to produce better internal controls, presumably to generate (little) confidence.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

JANUARY 28, 2019

Facebook is the company we increasingly love to hate – but boomers still ‘like’ it. So much negative press , well deserved, about Facebook lately, including the lawsuit about knowingly duping children playing games. million are using Facebook. category tags: social media , computers, internet and social networking.

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Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 18, 2019

Can it really be a repository in which the managers (not unlike what’s been going on with Facebook lately) have no idea what is going on inside until someone reports a major problem, but not before the news media has discovered it? category tags: IoT and home monitoring , Home Care , tech-enabled home care , senior living.

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Nursing 98

Aging in Place Technology Watch

MARCH 18, 2019

Can it really be a repository in which the managers (not unlike what’s been going on with Facebook lately) have no idea what is going on inside until someone reports a major problem, but not before the news media has discovered it? category tags: IoT and home monitoring , Home Care , tech-enabled home care , senior living.

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Nursing 48

Digital Health Global

MAY 3, 2023

To get breaking news, follow the company on Twitter @charmhealth and Facebook at www.facebook.com/charmhealth. For more information on CharmHealth, visit www.charmhealth.com. All brand names and solution names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

mHealth 88

mHealth Healthcare Innovation Telehealth EHR 88